I would like to repeat this over and over again to cubers, especially those who are from mindanao. Iligan Open 08 is an official WCA event, which means, joining this competition would enable you to be part of the world rankings. This is not just a national competition, this is an international competition. THIS IS AN OFFICIAL COMPETITION. So you would be missing this opportunity, you can't imagine how hard it was to start speedcubing in the Philippines, the establishment of the Philippine Cubers Association(PCA), and how hard it was to have an official WCA competition in the country. It was also hard to find pinoy cubers before. I for example have to fly all the way to Manila just to join the first WCA competition in the Philippines the Philippine Open 2007. Iligan Open 2008 is the 5th WCA competition in the Philippines organized by PCA.